Inseparable

The Empire had six major knight orders.

Besides the Royal Knights, who were stationed in the imperial capital, and the Azure Knights, who rarely left the north, the other four knight orders only had branches in the imperial capital.

The number of troops stationed there was only between one hundred and three hundred, but they were basically elites or talented young people.

Therefore, when different knight orders gathered together, it was more like a competition than a practice.

Although she didn’t understand why the Crown Prince wanted to bring her to this kind of battle of wills, Flora was actually very excited, so she readily agreed.

The next day, the promotion of Heidi was announced, and she was entrusted with the task of managing the mansion and educating new people.

As soon as breakfast was over, Flora took her new ceramic lunch box and got into the Crown Prince’s carriage.

The knight order branch and the Crown Prince’s mansion were both in the suburbs and not far away.

Before long, Flora saw the iconic flags fluttering in the wind outside the camp from the window—

In the crimson ocean, a rebellious black dragon soared into the sky.

It waved its sharp claws, as if to tear open the chaotic sky.

It angrily opened its bloody mouth, as if to roar and shake the world.

Crimson background, black dragon.

This was the emblem of the “Black Dragon Knights” led by the Crown Prince.

Seeing the arrival of the Crown Prince, the soldiers who were still a little lazy quickly straightened their backs and saluted the carriage.

The knights and attendants in the camp also stopped what they were doing and lined up to welcome them.

But similar to Flora’s initial arrival at the mansion, they all saluted with solemn expressions, without saying a word.

“There are a total of 128 people in the camp, 30 knights, 78 attendants, and the remaining 20 are ordinary infantry…”

The Crown Prince was rarely introducing her to things.

In the Empire, each knight could have up to two knight attendants and eight ordinary soldiers.

However, the ordinary soldiers equipped here were mainly for doing chores and assisting in training.

There was not necessarily an affiliation between the knights and attendants.

Instead, they were talented people who had performed well and had potential, and were temporarily transferred from the knight order headquarters for the Crown Prince to see.

And the Black Dragon Knights had more than 8,000 people in total, all of whom were one in a hundred experts.

The knights and attendants here were almost one in ten thousand elite talents.

At least, from the rare shallow smile of the black-haired boy, it could be seen that the Crown Prince himself was still very proud of this.

“Today, we will have a joint exercise with the Blue Lion Knights… I have only one request for you, only allow winning, not losing!”

“Yes, sir!”

The Crown Prince briefly ended his speech, and the members of the knight order made a unified response, and the momentum looked like a rainbow on the surface.

Flora calmly watched all this… after a while, she realized that she should be trembling or shocked.

But it was too late, the Crown Prince had already looked at her expression and turned his head back.

Since things had come to this, there was no point in pretending anymore.

The Crown Prince would not interrogate her or do anything else in public, so Flora simply followed her heart and observed and sensed everyone.

Before long, the people from the Blue Lion Knights arrived.

Without comparison, there was no way to know the difference.

Compared to the Black Dragon Knights, from the knights to the ordinary soldiers, the armor and weapons they wore were brand new and of excellent quality.

The Blue Lion Knights, on the other hand, were equipped with slightly old and obviously inexpensive equipment.

If they weren’t holding up the white flag with the blue lion, many people would have thought they were a ragtag army.

In addition to the poor equipment, the military appearance of the Blue Lion Knights was visibly lax and undisciplined.

On the way into the camp, they were talking and laughing in twos and threes, and people who didn’t know would have thought they were on an outing.

Seeing that their opponents were at this level, many of the Black Dragon Knights couldn’t help but suppress their laughter… um, they didn’t dare to laugh out loud, because the Crown Prince was nearby, so they could only try their best to hold it back.

Ryan did not laugh, but quietly glanced at the blonde girl next to him.

As expected, he saw the latter showing a slightly worried expression.

However, the people from the Blue Lion Knights still understood basic etiquette.

When they walked up to the Crown Prince, a total of thirty-two people barely formed four rows and saluted the Crown Prince fairly properly.

The one leading them, a handsome blue-haired young man who looked even younger than Ryan, respectfully gave a big salute, “Greetings, Prince Ryan.”

“Get up.”

“Yes, sir.”

Ryan noticed that the blonde girl’s expression also had subtle fluctuations.

But this was not surprising.

This blue-haired young man was his fiancée’s younger brother, the vice-captain of the Blue Lion Knights, Serento Yarrow.

However, Ryan had no intention of exchanging pleasantries with the other party. He immediately said:

“Let’s begin. Let me see the strength of the once famous Blue Lion Knights.”

He deliberately emphasized the tone of the word “once”.

Hearing this, the Blue Lion group all showed angry expressions, and some even couldn’t help but want to rush forward.

“Stop, what do you want to do!”

Serento turned around and scolded, “The purpose of our coming here today is to practice. Endure everything until then!”

After being said by the blue-haired young man, these seemingly undisciplined soldiers lowered their heads and retreated obediently.

“Prince Ryan, I’m very sorry, it’s my poor guidance.” Serento turned around and gave another salute.

“It doesn’t matter.”

Ryan took a deep look at the Blue Lion soldiers behind the blue-haired young man, who were suppressing their anger.

(It seems that, as rumored, these people are loyal to the Yarrow family.)

Ryan then habitually glanced at a certain person next to him, but found that there was no anger in the latter’s eyes, only sadness.

(That’s right, even if you’re dissatisfied in your heart, it’s meaningless in this situation.)

Thinking of the situation of the Blue Lion Knights, Ryan somewhat understood the blonde girl’s mood.

The two sides soon came to a training ground large enough to accommodate five hundred people for training.

They occupied each side, and Ryan and the blonde girl watched from the central stands.

“Which side do you think will win?”

With no one else around, Ryan asked.

But after saying that, Ryan felt that he had asked a bit stupidly, because normal people would answer his knight order at this time.

If the blonde girl intended to pretend, she could answer that she didn’t understand combat and finally flatter him by saying that she supported the master’s team… Thinking of the blonde girl’s outrageous operations a few days ago, Ryan felt a chill.

“I think it will be difficult to tell the difference.”

However, the blonde girl’s answer exceeded his expectations.

Considering that only the weapons would be replaced with training weapons later, and the armor and shields would not be taken off… this meant that the blonde girl felt that his subordinates were not as good as the Blue Lion Knights in terms of hard power.

To be honest, Ryan was a little angry, after all, this was a legion he had built from scratch and had put a lot of effort into.

But thinking of the other party’s possible identity and origin, he was relieved.

He didn’t intend to argue anything, and he would slap them in the face with facts later.

Since the essence was a match of wills, the two sides decided to have a few single combats, three-person melees, and nine-person team battles.

The first round of battle ended before long.

Ryan’s face also began to look ugly.

Because the Black Dragon Knights had actually lost in both the single combat and the three-person melee.

Especially the three-person melee, they had almost been swept one-on-three.

And the nine-person team battle they won was so difficult that only one person was left standing in the end.

The most humiliating thing was that the Blue Lion Knights actually looked frustrated and were beating their chests and stomping their feet for failing to win completely.

“Your Highness, this can’t go on.”

At this time, the blonde girl suddenly said.